| 1 | 草 | 艸 | cǎo | cao3 | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; Classifiers: 棵 ; variant of 草 | | |
| 2 | 草原 | 草原 | cǎo yuán | cao3 yuan2 | grassland; prairie; Classifiers: 片 | | |
| 3 | 草地 | 草地 | cǎo dì | cao3 di4 | lawn; meadow; sod; turf; Classifiers: 片 | | |
| 4 | 草案 | 草案 | cǎo àn | cao3 an4 | draft (legislation, proposal etc) | | |
| 5 | 本草 | 本草 | běn cǎo | ben3 cao3 | a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine; Chinese materia medica | | |
| 6 | 起草 | 起草 | qǐ cǎo | qi3 cao3 | to make a draft; to draw up (plans) | | |
| 7 | 花草 | 花草 | huā cǎo | hua1 cao3 | flowers and plants | | |
| 8 | 杂草 | 雜草 | zá cǎo | za2 cao3 | weeds | | |
| 9 | 青草 | 青草 | qīng cǎo | qing1 cao3 | grass | | |
| 10 | 草鞋 | 草鞋 | cǎo xié | cao3 xie2 | straw sandals | | |
| 11 | 牧草 | 牧草 | mù cǎo | mu4 cao3 | pasture; forage grass; pasturage | | |
| 12 | 水草 | 水草 | shuǐ cǎo | shui3 cao3 | water plants; habitat with water source and grass | | |
| 13 | 草木 | 草木 | cǎo mù | cao3 mu4 | vegetation; plants | | |
| 14 | 稻草 | 稻草 | dào cǎo | dao4 cao3 | rice straw | | |
| 15 | 草丛 | 草叢 | cǎo cóng | cao3 cong2 | underbrush | | |
| 16 | 草场 | 草場 | cǎo chǎng | cao3 chang3 | pastureland | | |
| 17 | 茅草 | 茅草 | máo cǎo | mao2 cao3 | sogon grass | | |
| 18 | 野草 | 野草 | yě cǎo | ye3 cao3 | weeds; mistress or prostitute (old) | | |
| 19 | 烟草 | 煙草 | yān cǎo | yan1 cao3 | tobacco | | |
| 20 | 草莓 | 草莓 | cǎo méi | cao3 mei2 | strawberry; Classifiers: 颗 ; (Tw) hickey; love bite | | |
| 21 | 草坪 | 草坪 | cǎo píng | cao3 ping2 | lawn | | |
| 22 | 草鱼 | 草魚 | cǎo yú | cao3 yu2 | grass carp | | |
| 23 | 草药 | 草藥 | cǎo yào | cao3 yao4 | herbal medicine | | |
| 24 | 卧草 | 臥草 | wò cǎo | wo4 cao3 | (substitute for 我肏 ) fuck; WTF; (soccer) to waste time by feigning injury | | |
| 25 | 压死骆驼的最后一根稻草 | 壓死駱駝的最後一根稻草 | yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎo | ya1 si3 luo4 tuo5 de5 zui4 hou4 yi1 gen1 dao4 cao3 | the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom); the final straw | | |